Janelle Monáe's Response to This Sexist Tweet Is Perfect

You probably don't need a reminder that in addition to being a crazy-talented musician, Janelle Monáe is also an all-around flawless badass. But here's one anyway: After a Twitter troll made a sexist, objectifying comment degrading her appearance, she responded in the best possible way—by educating him with some good old-fashioned Girl Power.

Here's what Twitter user @mellow_saa (who has since deleted the comment) wrote, and how Monáe completely shut it down:

Bravo, Janelle.

After removing the original tweet (no doubt thanks to some unwanted Internet attention), @mellow_saa posted this "apology" to Monáe:

And while I'm sure he thought he was making things right, all that second tweet really does is underscore just how much he clearly doesn't get it. In theory, apologizing is great, but the fact that he did so by conceding that Monáe is beautiful by his standards ("Oops, my bad! JK—you are pretty!") misses the mark entirely. It's still a comment on how she looks, which assumes that she's looking for validation of her appearance from the opposite sex. Here's hoping he'll go read a book about the male gaze sometime soon. In the meantime, Janelle, we tip our you-inspired hats to you for spreading feminist gospel where it is needed most.